From 5 to 9 October 2026, students of the Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship participated in the autumn season of Economist Career Way, an educational and career development project organised by UGEN. The season’s central theme was “Don’t just read the news – decode the economy”: recognising connections between events, understanding business decisions, and developing a professional mindset.
Participants included students from the Finance and Banking bachelor’s degree programmes and the Finance master’s degree programme.
Active participants who attended all the project’s online sessions received certificates:
Sofiia Sauliak — group Ф-31, bachelor’s degree programme in Finance;
Tetiana Marynych — group БС-31-4, bachelor’s degree programme in Banking;
Rostyslav Honcharenko — group Ф.м-51, master’s degree programme in Finance.
Throughout the week, students attended the following online sessions with representatives of companies and financial institutions:
5 October
▪️ expla – “Performance Marketing: Advertising Driven by Data”. Speaker: Anton Moskalenko, PPC Team Lead.
6 October
▪️ Forvis Mazars – “Where AI’s Responsibility Ends and Human Responsibility Begins”. Speaker: Anastasiia Cherniakova, Auditor at Forvis Mazars.
7 October
▪️ EY – “Assessing the Effectiveness of Business Ideas and Investment Decisions”. Speaker: Ernest Chazov, Senior Consultant in the Strategy & Transactions Department at EY-Parthenon Ukraine.
▪️ National Bank of Ukraine – “Understanding the Eight Types of Waste in Lean: A Universal Skill for the Modern Economist”. Speakers: Tetiana Krotevych, Head of the Process Efficiency Division within the NBU’s Strategy and Development Department, and Oleksii Hahin, Project and Programme Manager in the Process Efficiency Division within the NBU’s Strategy and Development Department.
8 October
▪️ Oschadbank – “Forecasting and Scenario Planning under Uncertainty”. Speaker: Hlib Ivanov, Head of the Retail Business Projects Centre.
▪️ PwC – “Behind the Scenes of Big Business: What Do Auditors See?” Speakers: Nikita Ivanov, Audit Manager, and Viktoriia Panasiuk, Audit Manager.
9 October
▪️ Deloitte Ukraine – “How Numbers Become the Foundation of Strategy: The Art of Financial Modelling”. Speaker: Andrii Kulyk, Deputy Director in Deloitte Ukraine’s Financial Advisory Department.
▪️ ProCredit Bank – “Think Twice: How to Avoid Being Misled by Information and Numbers”. Speaker: Mariia Ostrianko, Specialist in the Business Client Development Division.
Participation in the project helps students deepen their practical knowledge, develop analytical and critical thinking, and gain a clearer sense of their career direction.
We sincerely thank UGEN, the speakers, and the companies participating in Economist Career Way for the informative sessions and opportunities to support students’ professional development!
Department moderator: Liudmyla ZAKHARKINA
Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship
